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# They repay me evil for good
This is a metaphor which means they give back evil in exchange for the good they have received. Alternate translation: "In return for my doing good things for them, they do evil things to me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# evil ... good
These abstract nouns can be stated in other forms. Alternate translation: "evil things ... good things" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# I am sorrowful
"I am extremely sad"